Products not grown in US might have zero tariffs, Lutnick hints

Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

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Amid the uproar surrounding the 50% tariffs on Brazilian products to be imported by the US administration of President Donald Trump, coffee producers saw some light at the end of the tunnel Tuesday when US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said in an interview with US network CNBC that some products not grown in the country could enter the United States without import tariffs. Read full article

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Rufus
Hmmm, sounds like someone's just realized that they can't grow coffee anywhere except Hawaii.

They're growing about 3,000 tones of coffee, while consuming something like 1,700,000 tonnes (roughly half of the production of Brazil or 85% of Vietnam, certainly more than anyone else), it'd serve them right if Brazil only shipped them decaff.
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